Doug Erskine - artist

In the exhibition Throbbing Pulses Recorded Convulsions , 1977 at the Sculpture Centre in the Rocks, each sculpture was listed in the catalogue at a maximum price. Potential purchasers were encouraged to offer a price that they thought they could afford or appropriate. In addition, whichever music was being played in the gallery at the time of purchase was included with the sculpture. A State of Love. Used and Abused, No 5 in the catalogue, was priced at $200, $100 was offered and accepted ; the two album David Live (David Bowie, July 1974 performances in Philadelphia) came with it.